The Somali Urban Investment Preparation Project (SUIPP) Project
Number P150374 Is Project to Prepare project that is support feasibility,
assessment and preliminary design studies for urban investment activities,
which could be funded from a Multi Partner Fund (MPF), in the municipality of
Hargeisa. Apart from preparation of the project, this project intends to build
the capacity of Hargeisa Municipality in order to be able in managing the
upcoming SUDP project.

The
SUIPP comprises a “project to prepare a project”. The main project – to be
prepared by SUIPP -, called the Somali Urban Development Project (SUDP),
intended for support by the MPF. Pursuant to relevant Bank Operating
Procedures, which specifically allow for such situations, and given that the project
has an environmental safeguard categorization of B, the activities to be
supported under the SUDP will include both detailed project design and
implementation. The activities to be undertaken under the SUDP in Somaliland
constitute the enhancement of solid and liquid waste management and water
supply in Hargeisa, the extension and institutionalization of the Local
Development Fund, and institutional strengthening activities focused on the
Hargeisa Municipality and the Hargeisa Water Agency.

Preliminary preparation, which
includes feasibility studies and preliminary design for the main infrastructure
activities under the SUDP, as well as a number of potential urban
infrastructure investments on the Somaliland territories, and a range of
institutional assessments, will be undertaken under the SUIPP – i.e. the
project which forms the subject of Project Implementation Manual - also to be
supported by the MPF. Some of the output of the technical work undertaken under
the SUIPP will provide the basis for the preparation of the SUDP, while the
scope of TA should also be applicable to urban development projects in a
variety of different funding contexts. It should be noted that final design
work itself – e.g. detailed engineering design, social and environmental impact
assessments, exploratory drilling and preparation of bidding documents – will
not be undertaken as part of the SUIPP. They will be undertaken as part of the
SUDP or other projects under different financing arrangements and funding to
cover these costs will be included in the project documentation and proposals
relating to that operation.

Overall, the SUIPP will support
two basic types of activity:

a.Feasibility
and preliminary design studies for the physical investments that will be
supported by the SUDP and other urban development projects, and institutional
assessments of the agencies that will execute these investments to provide an
informational and analytic base for the preparation of institutional
strengthening activities that will be supported by the SUDP.

b.Provision
of technical assistance to enhance the capacity of the Somali executing
agencies to prepare and implement urban development projects, such as the SUDP,
effectively and efficiently and to mitigate fiduciary and safeguards risk. These
activities will be client executed. The SUIPP activities briefly described in
“b” will implemented by Hargeisa Municipality (HM).

As part of the activities to be undertaken in the SUIPP
Project that links with the aim of this project that intends to build the
capacity of Hargeisa Municipality in order to be able in managing the upcoming
SUDP project. As a result of this, to improve the capacity of Hargeisa
Municipality and its services delivery, its very important to increase revenue
collection of the municipality that can enhance its resource capability to
increase services delivery.

B.Objectives of Assignment:

The main objective of this
assignment is to provide expert and technical help to Hargeisa Municipality in
analyzing its budget, revenue collection trends in the past year, map types of
revenue and percentage of collection and support through training the processes
and means of achieving revenue collection maximization.

C. Scope of Services:

The PFM Revenue Planning Specialist will
review the Municipality Revenue, its collection in the past year, projection
and percentage of collection. Based on the information collected, the
Specialist will adapt and tailor training modules covering the topics of revenue
mapping, projection and collection approaches as well as revenue collection
monitoring to suit the Hargeisa context. He/she will then deliver this training
at the Municipal level and district level. During This Training, 105 members
from Hargeisa Municipality will be trained including Tax staff, Senior
Management team and Leaderships.

a)Review Hargeisa Municipality Revenue
collection trends through a desk review of records on revenue in the past year
and if possibly the year before.

b)The expert will review the sources
of revenue,level of collection and
collected revenues against planned revenues with a focus on analysing any
variances.

c)The Specialist will adapt training modules on
revenue mapping, project and collection as well as revenue collection
monitoring to suit the Hargeisa context and findings of the desk review.

d)The Specialist will facilitate a training
workshop for around 25 members of the Municipality senior management team and
leadership of Hargeisa Municipality to discuss and understand revenue
projection and mapping process.

e)The expert will provide trainings on
practical planning approach on Revenue collection for municipality staff. One
training for HQ based senior team and one district level training for all
districts. Each Training session, 30 Participants will attend.

f)The expert will develop revenue collection
monitoring plan and conduct a training for senior management of the
municipality about the revenue collection monitoring. 30 participants will
attend in the Monitoring Training workshop.

g)The
Expert will develop a detailed comprehensive revenue projection for the coming
2 Years and with clear percentage of increase.

D.Outputsand Performance Criteria

The PFM Specialist will be responsible for the
following reports:

Detailed 40 working days’ action plan

·Detailed
analysis of Municipality Revenue in minimum last year on monthly basis and
increments. including source of revenue, percentage of collection and minimum 2
Years revenue projection and mapping.

Conduct 4 Trainings each 2 days.

·Revenue Mapping & ProjectionTraining workshop

·Revenue Collection Training (Leaders & SMT) Training
workshop

·Revenue Collection Training (Sub-District Level) Training
workshop

·Revenue Collection Monitoring Training workshop

Develop Revenue collection maximization
Plan, Procedures & Institutional arrangements for collection, as well
as Monitoring Plan during the implementation.

Final Report including recommendations.

E.Required
Qualifications

The is expected to have relevant skills and qualifications for the
position, with particular focus on the following:

University first
degree with major in a relevant discipline (e.g. Business Administration,
PFM, Taxation and Public Policy) and relevant training in office
management work;

A post
graduate degree will be an added advantage;

Demonstrated prior
Work Experience: At least 10 years of Finance experience with not less
than 5 years’ experience in PFM and Revenue or Taxation.

Experience on
providing training/teaching or skill transfer to employees.

Knowledge on
Managing and Supervising Team.

Good Writing
skills in both English and Somali

The ideal
candidate must be well organized, self-motivated, highly responsible and
able to work in team, analytical, conceptual thinking, ability to take
risks and make independent decisions; ability to work unsupervised and
under pressure; and

Must be
computer literate in Microsoft Office (Word Processor, Spreadsheets etc)
and any other applications used in procurement

F.Duration and conditions of service

·Duration

The Duration of this
assignment is 1 Month (30 working days). The number of days on this assignment
can be split into three or more months based on the availability and
commencement of the work.

·Remuneration

The fee for this consultancy will be on daily based. The rate
for the position will be paid in accordance with the projects budget.

·Application deadline is Julyune25, 2017 before 05:00 pm in the afternoon.

·Due to urgency of this consultancy work, the
expected consultant is expected to start in July/August

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